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11701 [lbo-talk] Inorganic Intellectuals and the Mythical Ideal of the Marxist Tradition (Re: Moderation) -- rank: 1000

On Jan 15, 2007, at 11:07 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: >> Yes, it's true, but what's so good about the people's ideas? > > The people are politically significant in two senses: abstract and > concrete. It's the "people" in the abstract who have sovereignty in > the modern imagination about democracy; and it's the best organized > faction (of multiple classes and strata) of the "people," led by > intellectuals (who used to come exclusively from bourgeoi ...

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Date:	Mon Jan 15 08:28:26 PST 2007

11702 [lbo-talk] Administrivia -- rank: 1000

An a million thanks, again, to Jordan for hosting the list and doing the work to keep it going. As a favor to him, try at all costs to avoid posting something that has to be removed from the archives. It's a big pain in the ass, and the last thing he needs to do is more uncompensated work! Doug On Jan 15, 2007, at 11:05 AM, Jordan Hayes wrote: > Those of you who use the archives of this list know that we've got > them broken down by year, and Mailman doesn't do that > automatically. ...

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11703 [lbo-talk] Rice: talk of Israeli attack on Iran shows how bad Iran is -- rank: 1000

Talk of Israeli strike in Iran shows risks: Rice JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday that speculation about an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities underscored the risk of failing to persuade Tehran to halt uranium enrichment. Rice, in an interview with Israel's Channel 10 television, said she believed there was still "plenty of room for diplomacy" in curbing an Iranian nuclear program that Western powers fear could lead to making ...

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11704 [lbo-talk] US will attack Iran by April, or so this source says -- rank: 1000

[who knows...?] Arab Times - January 14, 2007 <http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp? ID=9548&cat=a> US Military Strike on Iran Seen by April '07 by Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times Sea-launched attack to hit oil, N-sites KUWAIT CITY - Washington will launch a military strike on Iran before April 2007, say sources. The attack will be launched from the sea and Patriot missiles will guard all oil-producing countries in the region, they add. Recen ...

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11705 [lbo-talk] Inorganic Intellectuals and the Mythical Ideal of the Marxist Tradition (Re: Moderation) -- rank: 1000

On Jan 14, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > > Notice that I'm not saying that we as individual human beings are not > of the people -- most of us are in fact from working-class backgrounds > or remain wage workers as I am. I'm talking about our _ideas_. Our > ideas are for the people -- 99.99% of Americans -- but not of the > people, in the sense that most of them do not share them. That is > neither our fault nor their fault -- that's just a fact. Yes, it's t ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 14 16:57:24 PST 2007

11706 [lbo-talk] Inorganic Intellectuals and the Mythical Ideal of the Marxist Tradition (Re: Moderation) -- rank: 1000

On Jan 14, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > Secular intellectuals on the Left in the USA are largely inorganic > intellectuals: our ideas are for the people, but not of the people. Who are these people? Is there some analogue of the Oregon Tilth that certifies organic intellectuals? Speaking for myself, I came from the people. I'm only the second generation of my family born in the U.S., and the first to go to college. Yeah, I got a fancy-ass education from a hoity-toity co ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 14 08:52:42 PST 2007

11707 Re: [lbo-talk] (Guardian) Comment is free: Should egalitarians support Chávez? -- rank: 1000

If I had the time, I could make an equally tendentious list about the U.S. - we have our own Padilla affair, e.g. There's just no comparison between Cuba today and the USSR in the 30s. This kind of high-minded social democracy never addresses how to deal with the U.S. breathing down Cuba's neck. Our government is at least as responsible for repression in Cuba as is Cuba's own. Doug On Jan 13, 2007, at 7:46 PM, Michael Pugliese wrote: > Cuba is not Stalinist, or even Stalinoid. There aren' ...

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Date:	Sun Jan 14 07:13:12 PST 2007

11708 [lbo-talk] Congress could force withdrawal from Iraq -- rank: 1000

Alas, I looked up the Iraq war authorization, and it specifically says it's just what the War Powers Resolution requires. So, Weisberg's all wet. Doug On Jan 13, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Michael Hoover wrote: > On 1/12/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: >> [I haven't seen the bit about the War Powers Act giving Congress the >> right to force withdrawal anywhere else. Seems important, not, of >> course, that the Dems are about to do anything rash.] >> > ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 13 15:00:38 PST 2007

11709 Re: [lbo-talk] (Guardian) Comment is free: Should egalitarians support Chávez? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 13, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Michael Pugliese wrote: > Jose Marti and the Cuban people didn't/don't hold authoritarian > values, Mr. Putin. Man, you're to the right of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cuba specialist, Julia Sweig. Congrats, Michael! Doug

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Date:	Sat Jan 13 14:00:55 PST 2007

11710 [lbo-talk] First issue of Affinities now online -- rank: 1000

[via Aut-op-sy] The editors and editorial board of Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action are pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of the journal, which is available for free access at <http://www.affinitiesjournal.org> This issue is on the theme of Autonomous Spaces, and is guest edited by Enda Brophy. The Table of Contents and Journal Description can be found below. Further information on the journal can be found on the site. Table of Contents --- ...

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Date:	Sat Jan 13 13:51:14 PST 2007

11711 Re: [lbo-talk] (Guardian) Comment is free: Should egalitarians support Chávez? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 13, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Michael Pugliese wrote: > From someone connected to a journal that thinks this a good piece, > instead of a stalinoid apologia. Cuba is not Stalinist, or even Stalinoid. There aren't show trials, routine executions, and massive numbers of people in prison. So drop the epithets. Doug

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Date:	Sat Jan 13 13:49:08 PST 2007

11712 [lbo-talk] Moderation -- rank: 1000

On Jan 13, 2007, at 11:45 AM, Carl Remick wrote: > What the fuck do we do now? I don't know! See? Much easier to talk about sex.

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11713 [lbo-talk] Moderation -- rank: 1000

On Jan 13, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > There is an obvious solution: make erotic investment in the Middle > East. Like I said, Shi'ism comes with self-flagellation, if that's > what it takes. ;-> Hey I always thought some of those Opus Dei rituals were kind of cool, but doing it for God takes all the fun out of it. Doug

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Date:	Sat Jan 13 09:23:54 PST 2007

11714 [lbo-talk] Hillary's statement... -- rank: 1000

Here's what the odious Hillary Clinton said on the floor of the Senate before casting her vote to authorize Bush to invade Iraq: <http://clinton.senate.gov/speeches/iraq_101002.html> President Bush's speech in Cincinnati and the changes in policy that have come forth since the Administration began broaching this issue some weeks ago have made my vote easier. Even though the resolution before the Senate is not as strong as I would like in requiring the diplomatic route first and placin ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 12 16:03:20 PST 2007

11715 [lbo-talk] Moderation -- rank: 1000

On Jan 12, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Carl Remick wrote: > The eve of global war isn't something that happens that often and > is deserving, IMO, of more list discussion. So discuss it, instead of expecting other people to do it for you. What should we be thinking about, or doing? Doug

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